SIMPLEXPILE

Full soil removal

High cost-effectiveness

Manufacturing process
The Simplexpile
Possible applications
The FRANKI Simplexpile is a low-cost driven cast-in-place
concrete foundation pile.
It can be used in every case where vibrations and noise
emissions are not a decisive criterion. It can be employed
as a deep foundation element for construction works of all
types, such as e.g. logistics centers, industrial buildings,
crane tracks, wind energy systems and many others.
The Simplexpile can be equipped with polyester pipes
so that the pile can also be used as an energy pile. With
energy piles, geothermal heat can be used for the heating
and cooling of buildings.
Vertical piles as well as sloping piles tilted up to 4:1 are
available.
The dimensioning and the manufacturing of Simplexpiles
is implemented in accordance with DIN 1054 and
DIN EN 12699.
Manufacturing process
The Simplexpile is a cast-in-place concrete foundation
pile with recoverable driving pipe. This is closed off
watertight below with a base plate. A hydraulic and diesel
ram drives the pipe into the ground by means of head
pile-driving.
The pile-driving work performed in this case (number of
impacts/m) is a measure for the load-bearing capacity
of the ground at the respective pile location. On reaching
the setpoint depth and/or the pile-driving criteria, a
reinforcement cage is adjusted into place, filled with
concrete and the advance pipe is extracted again, where
the base plate remains in the ground in this case.

1
Bedding of the ramming pipe.
The pipe is closed off with a
base plate

2
Driving of the pipe with
head pile-driving

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Hydraulic /
Diesel ram

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Non-load-bearing
foundation soil

Load-bearing
foundation soil

Displacement
of the soil

Building practice

Environment friendliness
Due to vibrations and the noise emission, the pile
system can be employed only with restrictions in case
of neighboring developments.
Because of the full soil displacement, the removal of
ground is dispensed with and loosening of the ground
is thus excluded.
The pile system has proved itself many times with
projects in contaminated locations.
Cost-effectiveness
Due to the short manufacture time with corresponding
boundary conditions, the Simplexpile is particularly
suitable for foundations with a large pile item number, as
well as specified large binding lengths in the load-bearing
foundation soil.
For the manufacture of the Simplexpiles KC pile-driving
systems are available to FRANKI Grundbau with a possible
pile-driving depth up to 43.5 m and Junttan hydraulic
rams with a fall weight of 140 kN.
Title photograph: Logistics Center Khne + Nagel, Hamburg

Pile generation Logistics center ProLogis, Hamburg

KC Rams

3
Adjusting the
einforcement cage

4
Concrete work of the pile
shaft and drawing of the
pipe. The base plate
remains in the ground

5
Capping the pile head.
Preparing the connection
reinforcement

refilling of
concrete
the pile is
finished and
after hardening ready
to bear loads

Slope 4:1

Slope 4:1

Max. pile-driving depth 43.5m

Build on Simplex piles

Details

Hydraulic ram
Driving in the pipe with a Junttan
HHK 14a hydraulic ram. With its
fall weight of 140 kN and max.
pile-driving energy of 168 kN /
impact, also in case of large pipe
diameter, pile-driving depths and
binding lengths are enabled in the
load-bearing foundation soil with
short driving-in times.
Logistics center ProLogis, Hamburg, 2500 piles

Energy pile
Capped energy piles with built-in
polyester pipes.
The polyester pipes are attached
to the reinforcement cage and
with this concreted into the pile.
After the capping of the pile,
the polyester pipes are subjected
to a sealing test, extended and
connected to the energy stations.

Foundation soil Loading

0
5
10
15
20 qc [MN/m2]
00
5
10
15
20 qc [MN/m2]
Concrete
0
Concrete
Pressure test loading
on a SIMPLEX pile 42 cm
Course clay
Course clay
Medium-grain 5
CPT
Ground profil sand
5
Medium-grain
sand clay
Course
510
10
15
20 qc [MN/m2]
Course 0clay
0
10
Concrete

FRANKI Grundbau
GmbH & Co. KG
Company Headquarters
Hittfelder Kirchweg 24-28
21220 Seevetal
Tel.: +49 (0) 4105-869-0
Fax: +49 (0) 4105-869-299
E-Mail: info@franki.de

Course clay
Medium-grain
sand
Course clay

15
15

10
Fine-grain
Fine-grain
sand
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25
25
30
30 [m]
Depth
Depth [m]

20
Fine-grain
sand

20
20

25
30
Depth [m]

Resistance - Settling line

0
1
1
00
0

2
2

3
3

Pile resistance
Pile resistance
[MN]
[MN]

5
5
0
0

10
10

15
15

Diaphragm walls

15
20
Characteristic pile resistance R2,K
Setting [mm]
Diameter
Diameter
[cm]
[cm]
42
42

Sealing walls
Protection of buildings
Ground improvement
technologies

Diameter
[cm]

42

Your Partner
for safe foundations

Pile resistance
[MN]

51

Non-cohesive ground
Non-cohesive
[kN] ground
[kN]
1.400
1.400

half-solid cohesive ground

half-solid cohesive
ground
[kN]
[kN]
1.000
1.000

51
1.300
1.800
51
1.300
1.800 half-solid cohesive ground
Non-cohesive
ground
[kN]
[kN]
1.600
2.100
56
1.600
2.100
56
1.400
1.000
2.400
1.800
61
2.400
1.800
61
1.300
1.800

56

2.100

1.600

61

2.400

1.800

The loading and pile

diameters are to be
coordinated to the
respective soil conditions.
We would be glad to
provide you with advisory
services in this case!

5.2006

Construction pits

20
20
Setting [mm]
Setting [mm]

10

Pile foundations